Our Society is part of our Community Outreach Initiative at William Paterson University. The Institute seeks to elevate the awareness and educate the community with matters related to personal finance ranging from financial planning to retirement and the stock market.

Programs are geared to a wide audience including middle school and high school students, college students, educators, working professionals and retired persons.

• Hands On Training - GFSI has launched programs for international students in the sciences. These three programs offer practical training in an international environment.
• Summer Money & Investing Camp - Five days intensive training camp in money and investing for high school students, teaching them how to increase their personal wealth. Includes hands-on simulated trading.
• CFLP - Community Financial Literacy Program (CFLP) initiatives include the Summer Camp of Money & Investing, Gear Up, Paterson Youth Investors Club, University Students for Financial Literacy and others
• Financial Aid Seminar - Having Trouble paying for college?
• GEAR UP - This course provides students with some basic concepts related to both personal finance matters and investment methodologies.
• Paterson Youth Investors Club - "It is never too early to learn about how to balance your checkbook. Therefore, I am heartily encouraged by an initiative aptly entitled "The Paterson Youth Investors Club" that was recently launched in Silk City."
  - Senator Girgenti, North Jersey Media Group on program partners Youth Program
• Step Into Wall St. - The Step Into Wall St. program seeks to address matters related to financial literacy for high school students.
• USFL - "Financial literacy is one area is where I think all of us can agree on we need to do a much better job."
  - Senator Cardin, US Budget Committee, January 18th, 2007